CNN inside Syria

Updated 3:45 PM ET, Tue January 24, 2012

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CNN inside Syria – A young anti-Assad protester leads the crowd in chants in the southern town of Kisweh, Syria, on Tuesday, January 17. Access to Syria has been extremely limited, but a CNN crew was in Syria in January 2011 and captured these images.

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CNN inside Syria – A protester spray paints anti-Assad graffiti.

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CNN inside Syria – A protester spray paints S.O.S on the front of a shop that has been shut down.

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CNN inside Syria – Military checkpoints guard the way into the town of Kisweh.

CNN inside Syria – Men line up before the body of a man reportedly killed during a protest in the Damascus neighborhood of Koudsia in Syria. CNN captured images of both pro- and anti-government protesters as they took to the streets in Syria's capital on Monday.

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CNN inside Syria – The crowd in Koudsia chants slogans against President Bashar al-Assad while waiting for the a funeral to begin.

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CNN inside Syria – Attendees prepare the body of the 32-year-old man allegedly shot during a protest over the weekend.

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CNN inside Syria – A man, who did not want to be identified, shows cigarette burns on his body to CNN. He says the burns came at the hand of security forces after he was detained for protesting.

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CNN inside Syria – A crowd forms around Arab League observers as they speak to the local imam, a religious leader.

CNN inside Syria – Arab League observers move though the protesters to speak to the family of the fallen man.

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CNN inside Syria – Young men dance during the funeral.

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CNN inside Syria – The body is carried though the streets of the Koudsia neighborhood.

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CNN inside Syria – A protester chants as the body is carried though the streets of the neighborhood.

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CNN inside Syria – Children watch and film the funeral from a balcony above the crowd.

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CNN inside Syria – Protesters show CNN shell casings that they claim littered the ground after security forces opened fire on their protest last Friday.

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CNN inside Syria – In the predominately Christian neighborhood of Kassaa, a pro-government rally takes place outside of a church where a memorial service for a victim of Friday's bombing had taken place.

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CNN inside Syria – A rally in support of Syria security services takes place in Damascus' Sabaa Bahrat, or seven fountain square.